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post #121 of 580
11/7/11 at 2:23pm
Hmmmmm, not impressed with the latest show. Did nothing for me and was not that funny. Let's see how Emma Stone is next week. Maybe a Lohan re-appearance.
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post #122 of 580
11/7/11 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by goober22 View Post

Hmmmmm, not impressed with the latest show. Did nothing for me and was not that funny. Let's see how Emma Stone is next week. Maybe a Lohan re-appearance.


well it did have a couple duds but way more hits than misses. the kardashian fairytale divorce is a classic already, also really like hader doing perry, seth's great writing and delivery on weekend update (sans wiigs bit), and dr. oz and the greek gods were both good.

so i disagree with you here, as i did find the show pretty good.
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post #123 of 580
11/8/11 at 2:13pm
Well, I'll have to disagree with you, disagreeing with me... as having watched off & on from the 70's - last weeks epi was not so great. I did not care for the Greek Gods skit at all. Weekend update was flat as well.

So... still not impressed. Let's see what next week brings.
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post #124 of 580
11/8/11 at 2:25pm
I thought the Charlie Day episode was the best I've seen in a while.

Dr. Oz was the only miss for me. The Seinfeld sketch at 12:50 was a nice surprise.
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post #125 of 580
11/8/11 at 2:49pm
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Well, I'll have to disagree with you, disagreeing with me... as having watched off & on from the 70's - last weeks epi was not so great. I did not care for the Greek Gods skit at all. Weekend update was flat as well.

So... still not impressed. Let's see what next week brings.

It's not a show for you then. Because there was a ton of funny bits, especially during Weekend Update. Maybe Jay Leno is more your speed.
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post #126 of 580
11/8/11 at 3:03pm
I think that people that say SNL isn't funny any more and that it was better "back in the day" are insane. I just got season 2 of SNL from the library and watched a couple episodes last night. It was the most painful experience I've had in a while. Some skits, no matter how unfunny, drag on for what I swear is literally like 20 minutes. It does not age well. It felt like every episode was like 3 hours long.

And I agree, if you didn't find one thing funny about last weeks episode, then just stop watching because it's obviously not for you. Weekend update was flat? So Bill Hader as Rick Perry did nothing for you? You just sat there stone faced during that skit?
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post #127 of 580
11/9/11 at 10:10am
Gotta admit. Yanni the Greek god of music cracked me up.
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post #128 of 580
11/10/11 at 2:25pm
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It's not a show for you then. Because there was a ton of funny bits, especially during Weekend Update. Maybe Jay Leno is more your speed.

Thank you for that. To each his own. Maybe you need to check out the history of SNL in your spare time. But then, I may just be more aware of things than the last 5 years as it seems most noobs are nowadays. Reality TV and such drool has ruined the TV landscape. Maybe the Kardashians are more your speed! Enjoy your life. No more need to reply to me!
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post #129 of 580
11/10/11 at 2:49pm
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Maybe you need to check out the history of SNL in your spare time. But then, I may just be more aware of things than the last 5 years as it seems most noobs are nowadays.

Ugh. We get posts like this a couple of times a year. I've been watching Saturday Night Live pretty much since Bill Murray joined the cast in '77. And I've certainly seen the previous years on video. Guess what? with the possible exception of the era between '86-'91, which was truly exceptional, the currest cast and writers are pretty much as good as they've ever been.

Nostalgia has a way of coloring our memories. But when you go back and watch actually full episodes, the ratio of good to bad during most years was basically the same as now.
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post #130 of 580
11/10/11 at 3:35pm
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Ugh. We get posts like this a couple of times a year. I've been watching Saturday Night Live pretty much since Bill Murray joined the cast in '77. And I've certainly seen the previous years on video. Guess what? with the possible exception of the era between '86-'91, which was truly exceptional, the currest cast and writers are pretty much as good as they've ever been.

Nostalgia has a way of coloring our memories. But when you go back and watch actually full episodes, the ratio of good to bad during most years was basically the same as now.

which i attribute to head writer seth myers and the emergence of bill hader who's pretty much hilarious in every role he does.
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post #131 of 580
11/10/11 at 3:58pm
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Nostalgia has a way of coloring our memories. But when you go back and watch actually full episodes, the ratio of good to bad during most years was basically the same as now.

I agree. It has always been about an hour of good stuff and a half hour of sketches that get one or maybe two uncomfortable laughs, then just end. I think more people watched the show stoned back in the 70's.

The show was more daring back then and didn't give up so easily. Some of crappy sketches in the unbearable half hour became classic sketches in the good hour. There are many examples.

Everyone has to see the very first Conehead sketch. It was a disaster and hardly got any laughs but Dan Aykroyd wrote it and thought it was an extremely funny idea so he kept bringing it back until they got it right. That wouldn't happen now.

The same thing with the "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" sketch. The first one was just uncomfortable laughs as they got rejected by women. My friends thought it Aykroyd and Martin trying too hard to make two dumb foreign guys seem funny. They brought it back (adding Garrett Morris as their "swinging" friend Slick was a great idea) and it kept getting funnier.
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post #132 of 580
11/10/11 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by mr. wally View Post

which i attribute to head writer seth myers and the emergence of bill hader who's pretty much hilarious in every role he does.

Bill Hader is the weirdest dude. He's as dumb and humorless as a rock in interviews, but is absolutely frickin' brilliant on the show. I love the guy.
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post #133 of 580
11/11/11 at 12:44pm
To me a lot of the show is about the host. Have a good host and the show generally goes quite well. Have a poor host and the opposite is true. For the record I didn't really care much for last weeks episode, sure it had funny moments but not a laugh a minute like it is with some hosts.
I agree, Seth is the best of the current crop
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post #134 of 580
11/12/11 at 6:22pm
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I'm looking forward to tonight's episode with Emma Stone.
Good actress. Pretty too
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post #135 of 580
11/12/11 at 9:59pm
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"Technology Hump" was good.
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post #136 of 580
11/12/11 at 10:00pm
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Nostalgia has a way of coloring our memories. But when you go back and watch actually full episodes, the ratio of good to bad during most years was basically the same as now.

Perhaps but back in the 70's and 80's SNL was mainstream and relevant. Skits like Mr. Bill captured the nation and were so popular I even purchased a Mr. Bill pin for my future wife. Much like who shot J.R. or M*A*S*H which had ratings of over 50 it was a time you can't duplicate today. The shared experience added to the enjoyment and to a large degree it was first run and edgy at that. Now it's simply repeating itself all these years and it's never quite as enjoyable after the first few times.
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post #137 of 580
11/13/11 at 12:45am
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Perhaps but back in the 70's and 80's SNL was mainstream and relevant.

I'd argue that the Lonely Island is doing that for SNL today. There is nary a soul who has not seen their videos.
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post #138 of 580
11/13/11 at 1:26am
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I'd argue that the Lonely Island is doing that for SNL today. There is nary a soul who has not seen their videos.

The best Lonely Island bits are better than anything the early years ever produced with the exception of Eddie Murphy. Eddie is still far and away the most important player the show had, and his stuff still remains funny to this day, something that can't be said about the first 3 years. I was just a little little kid, but I can remember how excited people were for the Buckwheat Gets Shot episode.
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post #139 of 580
11/13/11 at 4:31am
Best skit of the night was Bill Hader as the old senile reporter smacking Kristen Wigg as a lesbian with his microphone to see if she is indeed a woman,he nearly broke out of character with laughter on that one...
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post #140 of 580
11/13/11 at 6:30am
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The best Lonely Island bits are better than anything the early years ever produced with the exception of Eddie Murphy. Eddie is still far and away the most important player the show had, and his stuff still remains funny to this day, something that can't be said about the first 3 years. I was just a little little kid, but I can remember how excited people were for the Buckwheat Gets Shot episode.

I seem to remember a guy named John Belushi....
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post #141 of 580
11/13/11 at 7:28am
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I seem to remember a guy named John Belushi....

I remember him too. Big fat drug addict that was mildly amusing, but rarely if ever hysterical. I watch Eddie's old stuff now and it still kills. I watch Belushi and it's like, "Was everyone celebrating this guy at the time also high out of their minds?" His stuff doesnt hold up at all.
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post #142 of 580
11/13/11 at 3:00pm
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I'd argue that the Lonely Island is doing that for SNL today. There is nary a soul who has not seen their videos.

Yes, their Digital Shorts are usually funny, and attract a lot of viewers not just on SNL, but also on YouTube.

Although their video tonight about a music video requiring rain, but not getting any, was one of their weakest attempts in a while.

The skit with the devil on Weekend Update was funny, with even the devil being shocked about the Penn State scandal.
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post #143 of 580
11/14/11 at 3:04pm
very funny episode saturday. boy is emma stone a gifted actress and a natural for hosting snl. she really shined in all her skits.

i hope ric perry stays in the race as bill hader's imitation is too good to lose.
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post #144 of 580
11/14/11 at 4:03pm
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I watch Belushi and it's like, "Was everyone celebrating this guy at the time also high out of their minds?"

For most of his movies, pretty much. Until at least his last comedy - "Neighbors", which you don't necessarily have to be that way to appreciate, if you can completely let go of the stereotypical roles he and Ackroyd played up 'till then (he was also good in that one drama he did with Blair Brown, but that was a pretty straight role and flick).

Belushi was never really over-hyped while he was still strictly doing that show. People used to say they loved when certain characters of his appeared, but the actor himself never was (yet). He was actually a pretty low-key guy - both in real life, and during the majority of his screen time on the show - which set you up for when he went crazy, like with the Samurai guy, or the raving commentator during the news. But most of his roles were played pretty straight or sane - like the bee or Billy Goat Tavern ones.

Heck, I can think of some from those early years that I saw as being more disproportionately over-hyped, at least by the fans, than he was during their time on the show. Radner, for instance.
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post #145 of 580
11/14/11 at 4:19pm
I'm glad you all got to enjoy the most recent SNL. Hopefully it will be in reruns soon. All the local TV stations pre-empted their late night programming to show us this drivel.
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post #146 of 580
11/14/11 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by Phantom Gremlin View Post

I'm glad you all got to enjoy the most recent SNL. Hopefully it will be in reruns soon. All the local TV stations pre-empted their late night programming to show us this drivel.

that's about as funny as saturday's show.

you can't make this stuff up.
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post #147 of 580
11/14/11 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by Rammitinski View Post

For most of his movies, pretty much. Until at least his last comedy - "Neighbors", which you don't necessarily have to be that way to appreciate, if you can completely let go of the stereotypical roles he and Ackroyd played up 'till then (he was also good in that one drama he did with Blair Brown, but that was a pretty straight role and flick).

Belushi was never really over-hyped while he was still strictly doing that show. People used to say they loved when certain characters of his appeared, but the actor himself never was (yet). He was actually a pretty low-key guy - both in real life, and during the majority of his screen time on the show - which set you up for when he went crazy, like with the Samurai guy, or the raving commentator during the news. But most of his roles were played pretty straight or sane - like the bee or Billy Goat Tavern ones.

Heck, I can think of some from those early years that I saw as being more disproportionately over-hyped, at least by the fans, than he was during their time on the show. Radner, for instance.


my favorite belushi bit was his tv weatherman who would angrier and angrier talking about the weather, threatening jane who was trying to calm him, until he finally collapsed into siezures.

i bet most people would still find that pretty funny.
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post #148 of 580
11/14/11 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by mr. wally View Post

very funny episode saturday. boy is emma stone a gifted actress and a natural for hosting snl. she really shined in all her skits.

i hope ric perry stays in the race as bill hader's imitation is too good to lose.

Yeah, he's really shining with his Perry impression. I also loved his Herb Welsh skit this week.
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post #149 of 580
11/14/11 at 8:29pm
Jason Segel is next weeks host and it should be pretty funny.

I know how many of you guys loved the opening scene of Forgetting Sarah Marshall with Jason...
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post #150 of 580
11/19/11 at 8:51pm
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Checking in with expensive beer. Good episode so far.
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